A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Mariposite with quartz |
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| Description | Mariposite is a bright green type of schist. It is mica that's metamorphic is origin. Mariposite is of the muscovite family that is found around the world. This variety, found in Mariposa County in California, is rich in chrome. |
| Location | USA ▹ California ▹ Mariposa |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2002-02-10. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1450. |
| Key words | mariposite, mariposa county, mica |
| Tech details | 268 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 2331 |
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